印度国有贷款机构IDBI银行的员工呼吁进行为期两天的罢工，反对加拿大Fairfax集团的收购。
Employees of Indian state-owned lender IDBI have called for a two-day strike opposing the takeover by Canada's Fairfax.
Fairfax集团于10月在竞标中胜出，将以55亿美元收购IDBI银行超过60%的股份。
Fairfax won a bid in October to acquire over a 60% stake in IDBI Bank for $5.5 billion.
一旦获批，Fairfax收购IDBI银行多数股权的交易将成为印度金融领域最大的外商直接投资。
Once approved, Fairfax deal to acquire the majority share in IDBI will become the largest foreign direct investment in India’s financial sector.
加拿大Fairfax金融控股公司拟以55亿美元收购IDBI银行，正面临该印度国有贷款机构员工及国内政党的抵制。
Canadian firm Fairfax Financial Holdings' proposed $5.5 billion takeover IDBI Bank is facing pushback from employees of the Indian state-owned lender and political parties in the country.
周日，IDBI银行职工及员工联合论坛呼吁发起为期两天的“全国性”罢工，反对将该银行出售给Fairfax。根据该论坛发布的一份帖文，该工会还对出售和估值过程的透明度表示“严重关切”。该工会要求政府“取消私有化进程”，转而专注于在保护公共投资和员工利益的前提下增强银行实力。
On Sunday, the United Forum of IDBI Officers and Employees called for a two-day "nationwide" strike against the sale of the bank to Fairfax. The workers' union also expressed " grave concerns " about the transparency of the sale and valuation process, according to a post on It is demanding that the government "cancel the privatization process" and instead focus on strengthening the bank while protecting public investment and employees' interests.
上周，印度反对党领袖拉胡尔·甘地声援反对Fairfax收购的IDBI银行员工工会。“公共银行不是待售资产，而是建设国家的工具，”甘地周四在一份声明中说。
Last week, Rahul Gandhi, India's leader of the opposition, extended support to the IDBI Bank employee unions opposing the takeover by Fairfax. "Public banks are not assets to be sold off, they are tools to build the nation," Gandhi said in a statement on Thursday.
他补充称，向Fairfax出售IDBI银行超过60%的股份，违背了历届政府持有这家国有贷款机构51%股份的承诺。
He added that the sale of over 60% stake in IDBI Bank to Fairfax goes against the commitment of previous governments to hold a 51% stake in the state-owned lender.
印度财政部长尼尔马拉·西塔拉曼在回应中表示，这家公共部门银行在“状况不佳”时被移交给政府，并通过“专业精神、审慎原则”以及超过2500亿卢比（约26亿美元）的注资得以复苏。
Nirmala Sitharaman, India's finance minister, in her response said the public sector bank was handed to the government in " poor shape " and was revived through "professionalism, prudence" and recapitalization of more than 250 billion rupees ($2.6 billion).
“IDBI银行现在已准备好迎接下一阶段的增长，”这位财政部长说。政府此前曾表示，下一阶段的增长将由战略投资者驱动。
"The IDBI Bank is now poised for its next phase of growth," the finance minister said. The government has previously said that the next phase of growth will be driven by a strategic investor.
印度政府10月14日表示，出售IDBI银行（印度工业发展银行）逾60%的股份将标志着印度金融领域最大的一笔外商直接投资交易。Fairfax（费尔法克斯）出价以每股81卢比收购IDBI银行股份，而平均公允价值设定为每股75.99卢比。
The Indian government on Oct.14 said the sale of over 60% of the share in IDBI will mark the largest foreign direct investment transaction in India's financial sector. Fairfax made a bid to pay 81 rupees per share for IDBI against the average fair value set at 75.99 rupees apiece.
周一，IDBI银行股票开盘价约为每股79卢比。然而，印度媒体《商业世界》周四报道称，政府官员压低了IDBI银行的估值，以使Fairfax的报价显得更具吸引力。财政部为其程序进行了辩护，并补充称竞标过程是“双盲”的，因为竞标方不知晓估值，而评估方也未见到竞标报价。
On Monday, shares of IDBI opened at around 79 rupees per However, Indian media outlet Businessworld on Thursday reported that government officials had suppressed the valuation of IDBI to make Fairfax's offer seem attractive. The Ministry of Finance has defended its procedure adding that the bidding process was a "double blind" as the bidder did not know the valuation and the valuators did not see the bids.
印度政府今年一直在出售股份，因为它在财政压力加深的情况下，力求维持国家增长引擎的运转。它出售了多家公司的股份，包括科钦造船厂、印度铁路融资公司、NHPC（国家水电公司）和印度煤炭公司。8月，它以33亿美元出售了该国最大寿险公司印度人寿保险公司6.5%的股份。
The Indian government has been divesting stakes this year as it pushes to keep the country's growth engine running amid deepening fiscal pressures. It sold shares in several companies, including Cochin Shipyard Indian Railways Finance Corp NHPC Coal India In August, it got $3.3 billion for a 6.5% stake in the country's top life insurer, Life Insurance Corporation of India